Google Drops Support for Older Versions of Chrome

Google has announced that it will drop support for Chrome 53 or below on Windows XP and Vista systems on Feb. 8th.

Users trying to access their gmail account on Chrome 53 or older will be presented with a banner stating that the browser is no longer supported.

The action is intended for users to upgrade their browser to the latest version, Chrome 56. Users who continue to use version 53 or older are facing serious vulnerabilities.

While Gmail will continue to work for them throughout the year, they “could be redirected to the basic HTML version of Gmail as early as Dec 2017,” the company says in an announcement. Some users may need to migrate to a newer version of Windows to receive the upgrade to Chrome.

Google also underlines that, while its “current supported browser policy” notes that only the most recent version of Chrome is supported, it decided to make the announcement regarding the discontinued support for older versions of Chrome because of the expected impact on Windows XP and Windows Vista users.

Chrome 56 was released last week and brings added important security updates.